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Basic Brewing Video

By James Spencer

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Basic Brewing Video is all about brewing beer (and mead) and making it better. We also cook up some great food to go along with our tasty brews.

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1 Video05-28-12 Reuben, Deconstructed - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve deconstruct a traditional sandwich made with homemade ingredients and paired with a 100% rye beer. We also have a visit from the past. 5/27/12 Free View In iTunes

2 Video05-12-12 French Pressing - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve use a French press coffee maker to experiment with fresh flavors in two beer styles. 5/11/12 Free View In iTunes

3 Video04-17-12 Barrel Stand - Basic Brewing Video Andy Sparks shows off his new bourbon barrel and a cool stand he made for it out of scrap lumber. 4/16/12 Free View In iTunes

4 Video03-30-12 Herr Marzen - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve sample an experiment comparing a "stepped up" Mr. Beer kit against the original recipe. 3/28/12 Free View In iTunes

5 Video03-17-12 Corned Beef and Smoked Chili Porter - Basic Brewing Video Steve celebrates St. Patrick's Day by cooking up some corned beef and cabbage to pair with his smoked chili porter. 3/15/12 Free View In iTunes

6 Video02-29-12 Stocking Up - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve celebrate Leap day on the patio and talk about how brewers can plan to brew on a moment's notice. 2/28/12 Free View In iTunes

7 Video02-13-12 Dessert on Demand - Basic Brewing Video Steve prepares a special creme brulee Valentine's Day treat selected by our Facebook followers to pair with James' Belgian Amber. 2/12/12 Free View In iTunes

8 Video01-30-12 First Brew - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve assist new home brewer Tim Hudson with his first batch and sample their doctored Mr. Beer American wheat. 1/29/12 Free View In iTunes

9 Video01-07-12 Doctoring Mr. Beer - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve take a Mr. Beer kit and use grain and hops to pump up the recipe. 1/6/12 Free View In iTunes

10 Video12-28-11 The Un-Barleywine - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve sample a sour beer cocktail that's a lighter take on our annual year-end tradition. 12/27/11 Free View In iTunes

11 Video12-14-11 No Sparge Mashing - Basic Brewing Video No sparging? No worries! James tries out a technique to put a bit more malt character in his American Mild. 12/13/11 Free View In iTunes

12 Video11-30-11 Triangle Test - Basic Brewing Video James puts Steve on the spot as he tries to pick the odd, but tasty, sample in an experiment. 11/29/11 Free View In iTunes

13 Video11-11-11 MRE for You and Me - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve salute veterans on Veterans Day by pairing awesome homebrew with less-than-awesome food. 11/10/11 Free View In iTunes

14 Video10-26-11 Melon Blood - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve celebrate Halloween by brewing a watermelon wheat beer in a gruesome new way. 10/25/11 Free View In iTunes

15 VideoExtra: Musician Richard Johnston - Basic Brewing Video Richard Johnston makes a cigar box and a couple of broomsticks sing the blues. Recorded at the Outlaw Homebrew Competition. 10/11/11 Free View In iTunes

16 Video10-12-11 Outlaw Homebrew - Basic Brewing Video James travels to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to visit the Keg and Barrel brewpub, home of the Outlaw Homebrew Competition. 10/11/11 Free View In iTunes

17 Video09-28-11 Oktoberfest Trifecta - Basic Brewing Video It's an extravaganza! Home brewed beer along with homemade pretzels and mustard made with beer. 9/26/11 Free View In iTunes

18 Video09-14-11 Canning Wort - Basic Brewing Video Andy Sparks and Dave Johnson put Andy's new pressure cooker to work, canning wort for use in yeast starters. 9/13/11 Free View In iTunes

19 Video08-22-11 Brewing Kombucha - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve brew up some kombucha: tea fermented with a culture of bacteria and yeast. 8/20/11 Free View In iTunes

20 Video08-05-11 San Diego Beer Tour - Basic Brewing Video James, Steve, and Andy visit Stone Brewing and Lost Abbey while in San Diego for the National Homebrewers Conference. 8/3/11 Free View In iTunes

21 Video07-22-11 NHC Club Night - Basic Brewing Video James, Steve, and Andy sample awesome homebrew at the National Homebrewers Conference in San Diego. 7/21/11 Free View In iTunes

22 Video07-08-11 NHC Pro Night - Basic Brewing Video James, Steve, and Andy sample the wares of the pros at the National Homebrewers Conference in San Diego. 7/6/11 Free View In iTunes

23 Video05-26-11 15 Minute American Ale - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve sample a hoppy, quick Pale Ale with American hops and experiment with rehydrating dry yeast. 5/25/11 Free View In iTunes

24 Video04-29-11 Bottling the Wit - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve bottle their 100 percent wheat Belgian Wit and reflect on a stormy week. 4/28/11 Free View In iTunes

25 Video04-16-11 Spicing It Up - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve offer spicy twists to a British Bitter and a Belgian Wit. 4/14/11 Free View In iTunes

26 Video03-29-11 Vienna Lager and Sauerkraut - Basic Brewing Video Steve shares his Vienna Lager recipe, and James serves up a tasty homemade sauerkraut dish. 3/28/11 Free View In iTunes

27 Video03-12-11 Sauerkraut - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve enjoy a sour beer with some sour food - homemade sauerkraut. 3/11/11 Free View In iTunes

28 Video02-26-11 Apple Jack - Basic Brewing Video After being snow-bound for most of the month, James and Steve emerge to sample a batch of apple jack. 2/24/11 Free View In iTunes

29 Video01-30-11 Simple Cider - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve take a step into cider making by making a very simple cider. 1/29/11 Free View In iTunes

30 Video01-15-11 Surly Brewing Company - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve flashback to June when they visited Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1/14/11 Free View In iTunes

31 Video12-31-10 Hoppy Wheat Beer - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve celebrate the end of the year by sampling a hoppy 100% wheat beer and this past year's holiday barleywine. 12/29/10 Free View In iTunes

32 Video12-17-10 Zombie Christmas Cookies - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve pair the Zombie Belgian beer from Halloween with ginger snaps for Christmas. 12/15/10 Free View In iTunes

33 Video11-30-10 Dry Dock Brewing Company - Basic Brewing Video James revisits Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora, Colorado - a brewery that has grown by leaps and bounds since we first visited in 2006. 11/29/10 Free View In iTunes

34 Video11-10-10 Stein Brewing in Oklahoma - Basic Brewing Video Home brewing goes back to the stone age as brewers use lots of fire and rocks to brew tasty beer. 11/9/10 Free View In iTunes

35 Video10-31-10 Zombie Belgian Resurrection - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve use starters to bring the dregs of a Belgian beer back to life . . . again! 10/28/10 Free View In iTunes

36 Video09-24-10 GABF Wrap-up - Basic Brewing Video James and Andy relax on Andy's deck and report on their trip to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. 9/22/10 Free View In iTunes

37 Video09-10-10 Vine Park Brew on Premises - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve visit Vine Park brewery in St. Paul, Minnesota - a place that's halfway between home and pro brewing. 9/8/10 Free View In iTunes

38 Video08-25-10 Beehive Brew-Off - Basic Brewing Video James travels to Salt Lake City, Utah to give a behind-the-scenes look at the state's second legal homebrew competition. 8/24/10 Free View In iTunes

39 Video08-11-10 Brining with the Homebrew Chef - Basic Brewing Video Steve goes behind the scenes of the National Homebrewers Conference banquet to talk brining with Homebrew Chef Sean Paxton. 8/10/10 Free View In iTunes

40 Video07-22-10 NHC Club Night - Basic Brewing Video Club night is the most fun at the National Homebrewers Conference. Club members get to show off in Minneapolis. 7/21/10 Free View In iTunes

41 Video07-08-10 NHC Pro Night - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve wander the floor at the National Homebrewers Conference Pro Night in Minneapolis. 7/6/10 Free View In iTunes

42 Video06-22-10 On the Road to Minneapolis - Basic Brewing Video Who needs Hope and Crosby? James and Steve share an adventure on the road to NHC 2010. 6/21/10 Free View In iTunes

43 Video06-11-10 A Tale of Two Porters - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve take two different approaches to brewing a traditional style - Porter. 6/10/10 Free View In iTunes

44 Video05-28-10 Electric Brewing Experiment - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve power up a new toy - an electric heat stick, and they put it to the test against natural gas. 5/27/10 Free View In iTunes

45 Video04-28-10 Hefeweizen Crawfish Soup - Basic Brewing Video Steve cooks up a delicious seafood bisque to pair with his homebrew Hefeweizen. And a side of anchovy butter toast. 4/26/10 Free View In iTunes

46 Video04-15-10 All-Wheat Beer - Basic Brewing Video Can you use 100 percent wheat to brew a beer without flirting with disaster? James gives it a shot. 4/14/10 Free View In iTunes

47 Video03-24-10 Beer Dinner Appetizers - Basic Brewing Video Steve's building a menu for a beer dinner, and he's taking us step-by-step through the process. This episode: appetizers. 3/23/10 Free View In iTunes

48 Video02-24-10 Elderflower Ale and Elderberry Mead - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve sample a homebrew elderflower session beer and a commercial elderberry pyment. 2/24/10 Free View In iTunes

49 Video01-16-10 Homegrown Organic Corn Pilsner - Basic Brewing Video Steve and James combine a cereal mash and the brew-in-a-bag method to brew up an American Pilsner with homegrown corn meal. 1/16/10 Free View In iTunes

50 Video12-31-09 Holiday Barleywine and Ice Cream - Basic Brewing Video James shows off the most extreme small-batch holiday barleywine yet, and Steve makes ice cream with it. 12/31/09 Free View In iTunes

51 Video12-11-09 SakeOne Brewery Tour Part Two - Basic Brewing Video In the second part of our tour of SakeOne, we go from the fermenter to the tasting room. 12/11/09 Free View In iTunes

52 Video11-26-09 Sweet Potato Pie and Beer - Basic Brewing Video Steve's back in the kitchen, cooking up two Thanksgiving holiday treats: Sweet Potato Pie and Sweet Potato Beer. 11/26/09 Free View In iTunes

53 Video11-11-09 SakeOne Brewery Tour Part One - Basic Brewing Video In the first part of a two-part tour, we head to Forest Grove, Oregon and see how Sake is brewed at SakeOne. 11/11/09 Free View In iTunes

54 Video10-31-09 A Real Monster Mash - Basic Brewing Video We get into the Halloween holiday spirit as we introduce a new feature: "Will It Mash?" James creates a monster mash by adding Frankenberry cereal. 10/31/09 Free View In iTunes

55 Video10-19-09 Upright Brewing Company - Basic Brewing Video We tour the small and adventurous Upright Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon and talk to Head Brewer Alex Ganum. 10/19/09 Free View In iTunes

56 Video09-30-09 Chili Beer Experiment - Basic Brewing Video Steve shares the results of his experiment comparing five different chili peppers in the same base beer. 9/30/09 Free View In iTunes

57 Video09-21-09 Hop Madness! - Basic Brewing Video James and Andy head to Oregon to hang with home brewers and hop into the hops! 9/21/09 Free View In iTunes

58 Video08-29-09 Japanese Bugs vs. Arkansas Hops - Basic Brewing Video What happens when invading beetles destroy your hop crop? You brew anyway! 8/29/09 Free View In iTunes

59 Video08-13-09 Firestone Walker Brewery - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve visit Firestone Walker Brewery in Paso Robles, California, where they use oak barrels for primary fermentation. 8/13/09 Free View In iTunes

60 Video07-23-09 NHC Club Night - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve mingle among the home brewers at the National Homebrewers Conference Club Night. 7/23/09 Free View In iTunes

61 Video07-07-09 NHC Pro Night - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve work the crowd at National Homebrewers Conference Pro Night. 7/7/09 Free View In iTunes

62 Video05-27-09 Cooking Sugar for a Belgian - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve caramelize some sugar in an attempt to make syrup for a Belgian beer. 5/27/09 Free View In iTunes

63 Video04-30-09 Beer and Bread, Together Again - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve bring together the yeasty cousins again for two takes on crusty deliciousness. 4/30/09 Free View In iTunes

64 Video04-12-09 Home Roasting Grain - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve create their own specialty grains by roasting Maris Otter pale malt for different lengths of time. 4/12/09 Free View In iTunes

65 Video03-23-09 Homegrown Barley and Container Hops - Basic Brewing Video James travels to Bastrop, Texas, to the home of Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine. Chris shows off his barley field and potted hops. 3/24/09 Free View In iTunes

66 Video03-16-09 Transplanting Hops - Basic Brewing Video James divides, transplants, and shares his prized Cascade hops with Steve. Steve takes a turn as director. 3/16/09 Free View In iTunes

67 Video02-27-09 Barleywine Bread Pudding - Basic Brewing Video Steve whips up a delicious bread pudding to celebrate fat Tuesday, using Ice Barleywine sauce as a topper. 2/27/09 Free View In iTunes

68 Video02-20-09 Barleywine Ice Beer - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve freeze a beer and melt the good stuff out of it. 2/20/09 Free View In iTunes

69 Video01-31-09 Reusing Yeast - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve reuse the yeast from a vanilla coffee porter to ferment a pumpkin spice ale. 1/31/09 Free View In iTunes

70 Video01-22-09 Playing with Coffee Beers - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve experiment with two different methods of using coffee in brewing porters. 1/22/09 Free View In iTunes

71 Video12-17-08 Small Batch Holiday Barleywines - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve sip the barleywine from a year ago and break in a new one for 2008 . . . and beyond. 12/17/08 Free View In iTunes

72 Video12-04-08 Pumpkin Ale and Maple Barleywine - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve brew up a Pumpkin Ale while enjoying a delicious Barleywine with Maple sent in by a viewer. 12/4/08 Free View In iTunes

73 Video11-25-08 Playing with Mash Thickness - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve enjoy a low-gravity session beer and theorize on the effect of thin mashes on efficiency. 11/25/08 Free View In iTunes

74 Video11-15-08 Barley Patch Brunettes - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve are outstanding in their field! Actually, they're sitting in a patch of barley, drinking Belgian Brunettes. 11/15/08 Free View In iTunes

75 Video10-30-08 GABF Wrapup - Basic Brewing Video James and Andy sit on the deck and think back on the fun times at the Great American Beer Festival. 10/30/08 Free View In iTunes

76 Video10-12-08 GABF Cross Country Tour - Basic Brewing Video James challenges Rick Sellers of Pacific Brew News and Draft Magazine to take us on a tour of the best beer in the country. 10/12/08 Free View In iTunes

77 Video09-30-08 Beer Mixed Drinks - Basic Brewing Video Erin Von Feldt from Bordinos restaurant in Fayetteville, Arkansas mixes it up with Steve Wilkes as they make beer cocktails. 9/30/08 Free View In iTunes

78 Video09-12-08 Roasting Coffee - Basic Brewing Video James and Steve roast their own coffee on the patio with a hot air popcorn popper from a bygone era. 9/12/08 Free View In iTunes

79 Video08-22-08 Homebrew Sake and Asian Pizza - Basic Brewing Video Steve whips up a unique smoked duck Asian pizza recipe to pair with home brewed Sake from viewer Bob Taylor. 8/23/08 Free View In iTunes

80 Steve's Asian-inspired Smoked Duck Pizza - Recipe PDF Here's the recipe for Steve's wonderful little pizzas. 8/22/08 Free View In iTunes

81 Video08-08-08 Basic Brewing Video - Base Malt Experiment III It's the final installment of the Base Malt Experiment as we use liquid yeast to ferment beers made with and without hops. 8/8/08 Free View In iTunes

82 Video07-21-08 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: Mt. Carmel Brewing Co. Steve Wilkes joins brewer Mike Dewey on a tour of Mt. Carmel Brewing Co. in Cincinnati - a commercial home brewery. 7/21/08 Free View In iTunes

83 Video07-01-08 Basic Brewing Video - NHC Club Night Homebrew clubs strut their stuff in Cincinnati at the National Homebrewers Conference. James and Steve sample their wares. 7/1/08 Free View In iTunes

84 Video06-26-08 Basic Brewing Video - NHC Pro Night James and Steve work the crowd at the National Homebrewers Conference Pro Night in Cincinnati. 6/26/08 Free View In iTunes

85 Video05-28-08 Basic Brewing Video - Base Malt Experiment II Our Base Malt Experiment continues as we compare beer with and without hops. 5/28/08 Free View In iTunes

86 Video05-15-08 Basic Brewing Video - Base Malt Experiment We get unexpected results when we compare unhopped beers made with three different base malts. 5/15/08 Free View In iTunes

87 Video04-29-08 Basic Brewing Video - Low-Tech Hop Trellis James and Steve risk their lives building a new trellis, and James gives a tour of his hopyard. 4/29/08 Free View In iTunes

88 Video04-14-08 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: Choc Beer Field Trip! James and Steve head to Krebs, Oklahoma to tour the home of Choc Beer. 4/14/08 Free View In iTunes

89 Video03-31-08 Basic Brewing Video - Homegrown Hop Trellis James joins Andy Sparks in his yard as Andy shows off his fancy homegrown hop trellis. 3/31/08 Free View In iTunes

90 Ancho Chili Lamb Ribs and Partigyle Brews - Recipe PDF Here are the recipies for our Ancho Chili Lamb Ribs and Leftover Brewday Partigyle Beers. 3/17/08 Free View In iTunes

91 Video03-17-08 Basic Brewing Video - Ancho Lamb and Partigyle Brews Steve pairs Ancho Chili Country-Style Braised Lamb Ribs with a pair of beers from a recent partigyle brewday. 3/17/08 Free View In iTunes

92 Video02-28-08 Basic Brewing Video - CPR for Yeast Got old yeast? Try making starters to bring it back to a full and fruitful life. 2/28/08 Free View In iTunes

93 Video01-28-08 Basic Brewing Video - Specialty Grains James and Steve steep up some specialty grains to compare how they look and taste. 1/28/08 Free View In iTunes

94 Video12-21-07 Basic Brewing Video - Barleywine Fruitcake In the second part of our two-part holiday series, the small batch barleywine from James goes into making a fruitcake from Steve. 12/21/07 Free View In iTunes

95 Barleywine, Wassail, and Fruitcake - Recipe PDF Here are the recipies for our barleywine, wassail, and fruitcake. 12/21/07 Free View In iTunes

96 Video12-14-07 Basic Brewing Video - Wassail! In the first part of our two-part holiday series, Steve makes wassail with a small batch barleywine that James brewed. 12/14/07 Free View In iTunes

97 Video11-19-07 Basic Brewing Video - Flemish Beer Stew Steve cooks up a delicious, hearty beef stew with beer as a holiday meal alternative. 11/19/07 Free View In iTunes

98 Belgian Beer Stew - Recipe PDF Here's the recipe for Steve's Belgian Beer Stew. 11/19/07 Free View In iTunes

99 Video10-25-07 Basic Brewing Video - Beer and Cheese James and Andy pair beer with cheese, and Andy shows us how to make cheese - a fresh mozzarella. 10/25/07 Free View In iTunes

100 Video10-10-07 Basic Brewing Video - 15-minute Amarillo Ale James is flying solo, and he's in a hurry! The solution is a very quick and hoppy Amarillo Ale. 10/10/07 Free View In iTunes

101 Video09-28-07 Basic Brewing Video - Trading Places: Beer and Bread Yeast James brews a Simcoe Ale with bread yeast, and Steve bakes bread with beer yeast. 9/28/07 Free View In iTunes

102 Video09-14-07 Basic Brewing Video - Skunking Beer We turn beers skunky in the sun to test if brown glass really does protect beer from harmful light. 9/14/07 Free View In iTunes

103 Video08-29-07 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: Wynkoop Brewpub Brewer Thomas Larsen leads us through a tour of the first brewpub in Denver, Colorado. 8/29/07 Free View In iTunes

104 Video08-15-07 Basic Brewing Video - Steve Cooks BBQ with Beer! Steve goes wild in the kitchen and on the deck cooking up a big spread of barbeque, integrating beer as an ingredient. 8/15/07 Free View In iTunes

105 Video08-01-07 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: SandLot at Coors Field We tour the small, experimental brewery at the home of the Colorado Rockies. Birthplace of Blue Moon. 8/1/07 Free View In iTunes

106 Video07-18-07 Basic Brewing Video - NHC 2007: Club Night Home brewing clubs get to show off their brews and their creativity at the second night of the National Homebrewers Conference. 7/18/07 Free View In iTunes

107 Video07-04-07 Basic Brewing Video - NHC 2007: Pro Night We sample beers and talk to home brewers as they enjoy Pro Night at the National Homebrewers Conference in Denver. 7/4/07 Free View In iTunes

108 Video05-30-07 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: Boulevard Brewing We travel to Kansas City, Missouri to visit Boulevard Brewing Company and to see their brand-new brewhouse. 5/30/07 Free View In iTunes

109 Video05-16-07 Basic Brewing Video - Partigyle Brewing Two beers from one mash! James and Steve brew up a big beer and a small beer from the same grain. 5/16/07 Free View In iTunes

110 Video05-02-07 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: Great Divide James, Andy and Brian take a look around Great Divide Brewing in Denver, Colorado. 5/2/07 Free View In iTunes

111 Video04-18-07 Basic Brewing Video - Peach Mead and Vanilla Porter James and Steve taste a peachy mead and a porter made with vanilla beans. Also, Steve insults a South American navy. 4/18/07 Free View In iTunes

112 Video04-04-07 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: Avery Brewing Adam Avery takes us around Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado. James is joined by Andy Sparks of The Home Brewery to introduce the tour. 4/4/07 Free View In iTunes

113 Video03-21-07 Basic Brewing Video - Tasting the Mead Yeast Experiment James and Steve taste the results of the mead yeast experiment after one month in the fermenters to see how the five yeast strains worked. 3/21/07 Free View In iTunes

114 Video03-07-07 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: New Belgium We head to Fort Collins, Colorado to tour New Belgium Brewing - the home of Fat Tire, Sunshine Wheat, 1554, La Folie, and other great beers. 3/7/07 Free View In iTunes

115 Video02-21-07 Basic Brewing Video - The Mead Yeast Experiment Begins It begins again! We employ five different yeasts to see how they ferment and flavor five small mead batches. 2/21/07 Free View In iTunes

116 Video02-07-07 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: Redstone Meadery We head to Boulder, Colorado for a tour and tasting at Redstone Meadery. You've seen us make mead, now see how the pros do it. 2/6/07 Free View In iTunes

117 Video01-24-07 Basic Brewing Video - Smoky Beers and Tasty Pasta We talk about three ways to get a smoky flavor into your homebrews, and Steve whips up a smoked salmon pasta with a mouth-watering appetizer. 1/23/07 Free View In iTunes

118 Video01-10-07 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: Oskar Blues Dale Katechis, the "Dale" behind Dale's Pale Ale and other tasty brews, gives us a tour around Oskar Blues, the first American microbrewery to put beer in cans. 1/9/07 Free View In iTunes

119 Video12-27-06 Basic Brewing Video - Mead Update and Small Batches We check in one last time with the 2006 Mead Experiment and talk a bit about small batches. 12/26/06 Free View In iTunes

120 Video12-13-06 Basic Brewing Video - Brewery Tour: Dry Dock Brewing Kevin DeLange gives us a tour of his award-winning brewery in Aurora, Colorado. 12/12/06 Free View In iTunes

121 Video11-29-06 Basic Brewing Video - Six-pack Porter and Brewing Gadgets Steve and James brew up a six-pack's worth of Robust Porter and talk about ten useful gadgets for home brewing. 11/28/06 Free View In iTunes

122 Video11-15-06 Basic Brewing Video - Group Brew and Home Brewery Tour We're invited to a group brew celebrating Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day, and we're treated to a tour of a cool homebrew system by Mark Smith, the event's host. 11/14/06 Free View In iTunes

123 Video11-01-06 Basic Brewing Video - A Homebrew Holiday Steve spends a day in the kitchen using five homebrews as ingredients in a traditional holiday meal. James and Steve pair the wonderful dishes with an oyster stout and a spiced ale. 10/31/06 Free View In iTunes

124 Video10-18-06 Basic Brewing Video - At Home with Charlie Papazian Homebrewing guru Charlie Papazian shows us around his home brewery. Then, we sit down to sip a couple of homebrews and chat about homebrewing and beer in general. 10/17/06 Free View In iTunes

125 Video10-04-06 Basic Brewing Video - Great American Beer Festival We travel to Denver to sample the goodness of the 25th Great American Beer Festival. Almost 400 brewers, more than 1600 beers, and three happy podcasters. 10/3/06 Free View In iTunes

126 Video09-12-06 Basic Brewing Video - Brewing Beer with Honey It's a sweet episode. James and Steve check in on the mead experiment. Steve also talks about brewing beer with honey, and the guys sample a couple of examples. 9/11/06 Free View In iTunes

127 Video08-31-06 Basic Brewing Video - Homegrown Hops and Harvest Ale James and Steve sample a Harvest Ale made from Cascade hops grown in James' yard, and the guys talk about brewing with fresh hops right off the bine. 8/30/06 Free View In iTunes

128 Video08-07-06 Basic Brewing Video - Beer for Dessert! Beer's not just for breakfast anymore. Following Randy Mosher's advice, James and Steve pair up four beers with the sweet stuff, and Steve shows us his take on a New Orleans favorite. 8/6/06 Free View In iTunes

129 Video07-18-06 Basic Brewing Video - Club Night at NHC 2006 Home brewers take center stage in Orlando at the National Homebrewers Conference Club Night. Follow James and Steve as they sample great homebrews and meet the folks who brewed them. 7/17/06 Free View In iTunes

130 Video07-11-06 Basic Brewing Video - Pro Brewers Night at NHC 2006 It's the first installment from our two-part report from the National Homebrewers Conference in Orlando, Florida. In this episode, James and Steve talk to homebrewers as they sample the work of professional brewers. 7/10/06 Free View In iTunes

131 Video06-20-06 Basic Brewing Video - Playing with Hops James and Steve conduct an experiment in late hopping to see how the bitterness, flavor and aroma are affected. They also taste the ancho chili mead to see how it's coming along. 6/19/06 Free View In iTunes

132 Video06-02-06 Basic Brewing Video - Flavoring the Mead The Great Mead Experiment continues as James and Steve split the mead into smaller batches and flavor each with wonderous things. 6/1/06 Free View In iTunes

133 Video05-16-06 Basic Brewing Video - American Brown Ale and Gumbo Ya-Ya James cooks up an American Brown Ale, and Steve uses some of the brew in his New Orleans-inspired Gumbo Ya-Ya. 5/15/06 Free View In iTunes

134 Video04-09-06 Basic Brewing Video - Making a Mead James and Steve embark on their great Mead Experiment - brewing up a big batch of this wonderful honey beverage. 4/8/06 Free View In iTunes

135 Video03-09-06 Basic Brewing Video - Drinking the 6-pack IPA and Cooking James pops the top on the six-pack IPA, and Steve prepares a shrimp and scallop dish to go along with it. 3/8/06 Free View In iTunes

136 Video02-02-06 Basic Brewing Video - Bottling the 6-pack IPA James and Steve bottle their six-pack IPA experiment and decide a bet from the guys at Big Foamy Head. 2/1/06 Free View In iTunes

137 Video01-26-06 Basic Brewing Video - Dry Hopping the IPA James Spencer flies solo in this first stand-alone Basic Brewing Video episode. James dry hops the six-pack IPA. 1/25/06 Free View In iTunes

138 Video01-12-06 Basic Brewing Video - A Six-Pack of IPA Steve Wilkes joins James Spencer as they brew a little beer - literally. The guys brew up three quarts of IPA as a fun experiment. 1/11/06 Free View In iTunes

139 Video12-15-05 Basic Brewing Video - Tasty Experiments James Spencer and Steve Wilkes taste the results of an experiment in hopping extract batches and also try three batches of the same recipe. 12/14/05 Free View In iTunes

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